S.Amdt. 4017

SA 4017. Mrs. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr.
Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations for
the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development,
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title II of division B, add the following:
Sec. 251.  None of the funds made available in this title
may be used to pay a bonus to an individual in a Senior
Executive position (as defined in section 3132(a) of title 5,
United States Code) or leadership position within the Office
of Construction and Facilities Management of the Department
of Veterans Affairs until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
submits to Congress a report detailing how the Department
intends to reduce the designation of the Department by the
Government Accountability Office as ``high-risk'' in Federal
real property portfolios due to longstanding problems with
excess and underutilized property and overreliance on
leasing.
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